Project Wee Care
Providing Hope to 330 nominated families thru food, gifts and a family event during the holidays
Project Wee Care 2024 North Pole Family Event Day is December 14 where we hope to provide a little more HOPE to our 330 families. The family event features Santa, Mrs Santa, photo opportunities, eye screening, support animals, crafts, kids picking gifts for parents, and connections to needed services for food, diapers, clothing, beds, mental health and other services. Families left with food, gifts for all family members, diapers, new connections and HOPE.
We are looking for 200 volunteers over three shifts to help provide that hope to our families on December 14.. However, there are volunteer opportunities between now and December 14 to make an impact.
Since 2006 when the Millard Business Association adopted this project, over 19,200 total family members have been served, including almost 1600 in 2023.
An organizing committee works year round to prepare for the project that culminates December 14 with the North Pole Event Day. Waters Edge Church, 19600 Harrison, hosts the North Pole. Individuals, civic organizations, Churches, and businesses will adopt families to shop for gifts or provide financial support for gifts, food and food vouchers.
Project Wee Care committee works with the Millard Public Schools to identify families needing support and a ‘handup’ for the holidays.
We need your help to make Project Wee Care 2024 a success.
Check out our links below with more details on volunteering, Adopt to Shop program, and providing financial support.
The North Pole Family Day runs from 9 AM to 3 PM on December 14. You can choose from one or more of the three shifts and the volunteer activity you wish to help in. This volunteer opportunity is for adults only.
- Adopt to Shop for a youth(s) to buy gifts for: You choose how many youth you would like to purchase gifts for, we’ll provide suggestions for your specific youth(s). Our suggestion is $75 per child.
- Sponsor a Family. Financial support will allow us to purchase food, food vouchers and gifts for youth and parents instead of you shopping. $75 buys gifts for a child, $100 buys food and a food voucher for a small family, $150 for a medium family, and $200 for a large family. You can also do a “Support a Nominated Family” for $300, which provides food and gifts for youth and parents/guardians, for a family of four.
- Volunteer at North Pole 2024. Volunteers are needed to help in the week (December 7-11) leading up to the North Pole Family Event Day to accept gifts from sponsors, setup the North Pole, and wrap gifts. .
- North Pole Family Event Day. Saturday, December 14, 9 AM to 3 PM. We're asking the first shift of volunteers to arrive before 8:30 AM.
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Volunteer at events prior to the North Pole Event in support of Project Wee Care:
Nebraska Diaper Bank diaper wrapping (November 20)
Heartland Hope Mission bagging food (December 4)
Target Volunteer Shopping for nominated families (November 19, December 4, December 6)